Sunday, November 13, 2016

Look into our week 11/14-11/17

Good morning parents and guardians, 

What a great first trip! Our kiddos were so excited to go to UCR-they chanted all the way there. They were beyond amazed by the bell tower and how tall it was. If you were able to attend and took pictures please feel tree to upload to our Shutterfly page, or email them to me and I will upload them.

That time of year is approaching. I will be using an online sign up method as I did last year. 
Please click on the link below and sign up for what would work best for you!
Make sure to check out our Shutterfly page for class pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invitation. 


 Please continue to reinforce the following hand signals and rules: 
Hand Signals: (show me the number of fingers in the air)
1 finger: restroom
Encourage your child to use the restroom before school, during recess, during lunch, during PE and after school.
2 fingers:water
Children may bring their own water bottle to keep in class, please LABEL it with their name
3 fingers: pencil
Student may replace their dull or broken pencil for a new one
4 fingers: tissue
when needed, please ask student to sit back down right away
5 fingers: question
question for me to give more information on

Classroom rules:
#1: Listen while the teacher is talking
#2: Follow directions quickly
#3: Respect others, respect yourself, respect your school
#4: Raise your hand to speak or stand
#5: Keep your hands to yourself
#6: Keep your dear teacher happy

If you have any question or concerns please feel free to email me, text back to the reminders I set or stop by the classroom.

School News:

Autumn 2016 Newsletters-Dr. Rentie

Bring Your Own Device information

11/16: Awards @ 8am
11/18: NO SCHOOL (Teacher in service)

11/22: Thanksgiving Classroom Celebration (sign up sheet found outside our classroom)
11/23-11/25: NO SCHOOL-Thanksgiving break

Here is a look into our week


Songs to practice at home:

November Family Project ideas:
Disguise a Turkey Project







Language Arts: Unit 2-week 5: "A bed for winter"


Words to talk about: words found in the story
Words to read: HFW/Sight words


  • Letter of the week: I
  • Weekly reading comprehension test: Every Friday (Based on the comprehension skill of the week)
  • High Frequency Words (HFW-also known as Sight words : Same set of words last for two weeks. These words are meant to be read just by seeing them.
    • This week's words: he, for
  • Sight Word Sundaes: (HFW word list): Every time your child passes a word list, they will be given the next list to practice and will be given a part of their Sundae. Please color, cut out at home and return back to me. I will be hanging these up in the classroom.

Math: Unit 4-ordering numbers (4.5-4.8)
  • Unit 4-ordering numbers
    • Count to 10, even with missing numbers
    • Count items for each number up to 10
    • Minus one (one less)
Science: Seasons
  • Students will be able to state facts about the 4 seasons
Social Studies: Unit 6-lesson 1: What is a holiday?
  • Students will be able to describe the meaning of a holiday
Writing: The Writing house
  • ending sounds in words

Please feel free to stop by with any questions or concerns. If you are unable to, you may always email me or text back via my reminders.

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Gil

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